Originally Posted by SuziC
Looking at my storage shelves the other night, i realized i had way too many quilting magazines taking up valuable fabric space so i got this idea to condense them into one spot. Some of you may already do this but i wanted to share my solution. I took them all out, want thru them one by one and tore out the quilt pics and directions to the ones that inspire me and put them in a pile. I also took out any articles of interest. I put each into a plastic page cover( bought at Walmart cheap) You can get the covers for a few dollars for a whole pkg. After sorting out the pages, i put them into a seperate loose-leaf binder. You cannot believe all the room it freed up. Now i have just what i'm interested in all in one place. Clear pics and the matching directions that i can pull out without searching thru books. It's so much nicer to finger thru the binder without all the ads. I hope this helps someone looking to declutter.
I used to do that, too. I am also into beading and knitting and I found that my binders took up a lot of room on my shelves.
I had a 2 drawer file cabinet and decided to use that next to my sewing area and I spent a couple of days putting them into folders based on different categories. I have quilt blocks, techniques, wallhangings, full quilts, etc....
I did the same for my knitting and beading.
I have one drawer for my quilting and the other drawer is for my other crafts.
Now I use the top of the cabinet to place items that I use while I sew. I have my ironing board setup close by and when I am done with my iron, I can place it on top of the cabinet.
One of these days I'll take some pics and post them